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Entities

The core table — every entity in the database, spanning gods, angels, demons, aeons, prophets, saints, heroes, spirits, monsters, personified abstractions, cosmological realms, and ritual categories. Use category to filter by functional type (146 values: Underworld Deity, Hero, Adversarial Being, Revealer Figure, etc.). Use tradition to filter by tradition. The short_note column contains a scholarly description with source citations.

Data license: MIT · Data source: jebboone/deitydb

entity_id
{'description': 'Stable identifier (e.g. ENT_GRK_ZEUS, ENT_EGY_OSIRIS, ENT_ISL_MUSA)'}
canonical_name
{'description': 'Primary English name used in the database'}
greek_name
{'description': 'Greek-script name, where applicable'}
tradition
{'description': 'Religious or cultural tradition of origin'}
entity_class
{'description': 'Controlled top-level kind (19 values: deity, angel, demon, aeon, sefirah, spirit, monster, hero, ruler, prophet, sage, saint, scriptural-figure, abstraction, collective, realm, ritual, title, object) — recommended for filtering by kind'}
entity_type
{'description': 'Granular free-text type descriptor (894 distinct values; see entity_class for the controlled grouping)'}
category
{'description': 'Broader functional category (146 values — recommended for filtering)'}
primary_domains
{'description': 'Primary divine domains, comma-separated'}
evidence_confidence
{'description': 'Sourcing quality: A = direct primary-text attestation; B = strong secondary; C = inference; D = speculative'}
chthonic_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has underworld or chthonic associations'}
serpent_flag
{'description': 'True if this entity has serpent or dragon associations'}
short_note
{'description': 'Scholarly description with source citations'}

51 rows where entity_class = "deity" and tradition = "Germanic/Norse"

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  • Germanic/Norse · 51 ✖

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  • deity · 51 ✖
entity_id ▼ canonical_name greek_name tradition entity_type category primary_domains tags cult_scope primary_period evidence_confidence review_status inclusion_basis earth_association_score chthonic_flag serpent_flag short_note entity_class
ENT_NOR_AEGIR Aegir   Germanic/Norse Sea god Jötunn of the sea the sea; the brewing of ale; the feast of the gods   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Sea-giant 0 0 0 The sea-giant who brews ale and hosts the gods' feasts; lord of the ocean. deity
ENT_NOR_ALCIS The Alcis   Germanic/Norse God Continental Germanic divine twins; young brother-gods   regional   B candidate_verified_name Tacitus, Germania 43 0 0 0 A pair of young brother-gods worshipped by the Nahanarvali (a Lugian tribe), whom Tacitus equates by Roman interpretation with Castor and Pollux; the Germanic reflex of the Indo-European Divine Twins. deity
ENT_NOR_AUDHUMLA Audhumla   Germanic/Norse Primordial being The primordial cow nourishment; the primordial ice   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Primordial being 1 0 0 The primordial cow whose milk fed Ymir and who licked Buri free from the ice. deity
ENT_NOR_BALDR Baldr   Germanic/Norse God Dying God light; beauty; death; return   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse core deity 1 1 0 God associated with beauty, death, and eschatological return. deity
ENT_NOR_BESTLA Bestla   Germanic/Norse Goddess Giant progenitrix the maternal line of Odin   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Gylfaginning 6; Havamal 140 0 0 0 A giantess, daughter of Bolthorn, mother of Odin, Vili and Ve by Borr. deity
ENT_NOR_BORR Borr   Germanic/Norse God Primeval god the second generation; (father of Odin)   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Voluspa 4; Gylfaginning 6 0 0 0 Son of Buri and father (by the giantess Bestla) of Odin, Vili and Ve. deity
ENT_NOR_BRAGI Bragi   Germanic/Norse God God of poetry poetry; eloquence; skaldcraft   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Aesir god 0 0 0 The god of poetry and eloquence, husband of Idun. deity
ENT_NOR_BURI Buri   Germanic/Norse Primordial being Ancestor of the Aesir the first god; the ancestry of Odin   Norse   B candidate_verified_name Primordial ancestor 0 0 0 The first god, licked free from the ice by Audhumla, grandfather of Odin. deity
ENT_NOR_DAGR Dagr   Germanic/Norse God Celestial deity the day   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 10 1 0 0 The personified Day, son of Dellingr and Nott, who rides the bright horse across the sky. deity
ENT_NOR_DELLINGR Dellingr   Germanic/Norse God Celestial/dawn deity the dawn   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Vafthrudnismal 25 1 0 0 An Aesir of the dawn, husband of Nott and father of Dagr. deity
ENT_NOR_EIR Eir   Germanic/Norse Goddess Asynjur healing; medicine   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Gylfaginning 35 0 0 0 A goddess called "the best of physicians," associated with healing. deity
ENT_NOR_FORSETI Forseti   Germanic/Norse God God of justice justice; reconciliation; the assembly   Norse   B candidate_verified_name Aesir god 0 0 0 The god of justice and reconciliation who settles all disputes in his hall Glitnir. deity
ENT_NOR_FREYJA Freyja   Germanic/Norse Goddess War Deity love; fertility; seidr; war; dead   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse core deity 3 1 0 Goddess associated with love, fertility, seidr, war, and the dead. deity
ENT_NOR_FREYR Freyr   Germanic/Norse Fertility god Fertility Deity fertility; kingship; peace; prosperity; agriculture   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse core deity 4 0 0 God associated with fertility, prosperity, peace, and kingship. deity
ENT_NOR_FRIGG Frigg   Germanic/Norse Goddess Mother Deity marriage; motherhood; sovereignty; fate knowledge   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse core deity 2 0 0 Goddess associated with marriage, motherhood, and foreknowledge. deity
ENT_NOR_FULLA Fulla   Germanic/Norse Goddess Asynjur Frigg's confidante; the keeping of secrets   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Gylfaginning 35 0 0 0 Frigg's handmaid who bears her casket and knows her secrets. deity
ENT_NOR_GEFJON Gefjon   Germanic/Norse Goddess Asynjur ploughing; virginity; the founding of Zealand   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Gylfaginning 35 3 0 0 A goddess who ploughed the island of Zealand out of Sweden with her ox-sons; virgins go to her after death. deity
ENT_NOR_GULLVEIG Gullveig   Germanic/Norse Vanir being Witch of the Aesir-Vanir war gold; witchcraft (seiðr); the first war   Norse   B candidate_verified_name Vanir-being 0 0 0 The thrice-burnt witch whose ill-treatment by the Aesir sparked the war with the Vanir. deity
ENT_NOR_HEIMDALL Heimdall   Germanic/Norse God Watchman of the gods the Bifröst watch; the Gjallarhorn; foreknowledge   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Aesir god 0 0 0 The ever-watchful warden of the gods at the rainbow bridge, who will sound the Gjallarhorn at Ragnarök. deity
ENT_NOR_HEL Hel   Germanic/Norse Underworld ruler Underworld Deity underworld; dead; chthonic rule   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse underworld figure 5 1 0 Ruler of Hel/the underworld realm. deity
ENT_NOR_HERMOD Hermóðr   Germanic/Norse God Aesir the ride to Hel; the ransom of Baldr   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Gylfaginning 49 0 1 0 "Hermóðr the Bold," son of Odin, who rides Sleipnir down to Hel to seek Baldr's release. deity
ENT_NOR_HODR Hodr   Germanic/Norse God Blind god blindness; the slaying of Baldr   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Aesir god 0 0 0 The blind god who, guided by Loki, slew his brother Baldr with the mistletoe. deity
ENT_NOR_HOENIR Hœnir   Germanic/Norse God Aesir the giving of reason/sense; the hostage to the Vanir   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Voluspa; Gylfaginning 0 0 0 An Aesir god who, with Odin, gives sense/reason to the first humans; sent to the Vanir as a hostage after their war. deity
ENT_NOR_IDUN Idun   Germanic/Norse Goddess Goddess of youth the apples of immortality; youth   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Aesir goddess 1 0 0 The keeper of the golden apples that preserve the gods' youth, wife of Bragi. deity
ENT_NOR_LODURR Lóðurr   Germanic/Norse God Aesir the giving of blood/vital warmth to the first humans   mythological   C candidate_verified_name Voluspa 18 0 0 0 One of the three creator-gods (with Odin and Hœnir) who gave life to Ask and Embla; identity (perhaps Loki) unresolved. UNCERTAIN. deity
ENT_NOR_MAGNI Magni   Germanic/Norse God Aesir strength; (heir of Thor)   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Skaldskaparmal 0 0 0 "Strength," son of Thor by the giantess Jarnsaxa, who as a child lifts Hrungnir's leg off his father; survives Ragnarok. deity
ENT_NOR_MANI Máni   Germanic/Norse God Celestial deity the moon; the moon-chariot   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 11 0 0 0 The personified Moon, who drives the moon-chariot pursued by the wolf Hati; son of Mundilfari, brother of Sol. deity
ENT_NOR_MODI Móði   Germanic/Norse God Aesir wrath; (heir of Thor)   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Vafthrudnismal 51 0 0 0 "Wrath," a son of Thor who, with his brother Magni, inherits the hammer Mjollnir and survives Ragnarok. deity
ENT_NOR_NANNA Nanna   Germanic/Norse Goddess Goddess; wife of Baldr devotion; grief   Norse   B candidate_verified_name Aesir goddess 0 0 0 The wife of Baldr, who died of grief and was laid on his pyre. deity
ENT_NOR_NERTHUS Nerthus   Germanic/Norse Goddess Continental Germanic the earth; fertility; peace; the wagon-procession   regional   A candidate_verified_name Tacitus, Germania 40 5 0 0 A continental Germanic earth-goddess worshipped by seven Suebian tribes with a wagon-procession rite on an ocean island; Tacitus glosses her explicitly as "Terra Mater." Etymological precursor of the later (masculine) Njord. deity
ENT_NOR_NJORD Njord   Germanic/Norse Sea/prosperity god Sea Deity sea; wealth; ships; prosperity   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse core deity 2 0 0 Vanir god associated with sea, ships, wealth, and prosperity. deity
ENT_NOR_NOTT Nótt   Germanic/Norse Goddess Celestial deity the night   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 10 1 1 0 The personified Night, of giant descent (daughter of Norfi), mother of Dagr; rides the sky before the day. deity
ENT_NOR_ODIN Odin   Germanic/Norse High god High Deity sovereignty; wisdom; war; poetry; death; magic   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse core deity 2 1 0 Major Norse god associated with sovereignty, wisdom, war, poetry, death, and magic. deity
ENT_NOR_RAN Ran   Germanic/Norse Sea goddess Goddess of the drowned the sea-net; the drowned dead   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Sea-goddess 0 1 0 The sea-goddess who draws the drowned into her net, wife of Aegir. deity
ENT_NOR_SAGA Sága   Germanic/Norse Goddess Asynjur wisdom; the drinking-hall Sokkvabekk   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Grimnismal 7 0 0 0 A goddess who drinks daily with Odin at the hall Sokkvabekk; associated with memory/story. deity
ENT_NOR_SIF Sif   Germanic/Norse Goddess Goddess of the harvest golden hair; the grain harvest   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Aesir goddess 2 0 0 The golden-haired goddess, wife of Thor, whose hair the dwarves remade in gold. deity
ENT_NOR_SIGYN Sigyn   Germanic/Norse Goddess Asynjur wifely faithfulness; the venom-bowl   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Gylfaginning 50 0 0 0 The faithful wife of Loki, who holds a bowl to catch the serpent's venom dripping on the bound Loki. deity
ENT_NOR_SJOFN Sjöfn   Germanic/Norse Goddess Asynjur love; turning hearts to affection   mythological   C candidate_verified_name Gylfaginning 35 0 0 0 A goddess of the sixteen Asynjur who turns minds toward love. deity
ENT_NOR_SKADI Skadi   Germanic/Norse Goddess Goddess of winter and the hunt winter; mountains; skiing; the hunt   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Jötunn-goddess 2 0 0 The giantess of winter and the hunt who joined the Aesir by marrying Njord. deity
ENT_NOR_SKIRNIR Skírnir   Germanic/Norse God Servant of Freyr wooing; messages; the winning of Gerd   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Skirnismal 0 0 0 The servant and messenger of Freyr, who wins the giantess Gerd for him and obtains the fetter Gleipnir from the dwarves. deity
ENT_NOR_SKULD Skuld   Germanic/Norse Norn Norn of the future fate; what shall be; necessity   Norse   A candidate_verified_name The Norn of the future 0 0 0 Skuld ("that which shall be"), the Norn of the future and necessity. deity
ENT_NOR_SOL Sól   Germanic/Norse Goddess Celestial deity the sun; the sun-chariot   mythological   A candidate_verified_name Vafthrudnismal; Gylfaginning 11 1 0 0 The personified Sun, who drives the sun-chariot across the sky pursued by the wolf Skoll; daughter of Mundilfari. deity
ENT_NOR_THOR Thor   Germanic/Norse Thunder god Storm Deity thunder; protection; strength; giants; fertility   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse core deity 2 0 0 Thunder god associated with protection, strength, and combat with giants. deity
ENT_NOR_THRUD Þrúðr   Germanic/Norse Goddess Asynjur strength; (daughter of Thor)   mythological   B candidate_verified_name Skaldskaparmal 0 0 0 A goddess, daughter of Thor and Sif; her name ("strength") also appears among the valkyries. deity
ENT_NOR_TYR Tyr   Germanic/Norse War/law god War Deity war; law; oath; courage   Norse/Germanic   A candidate_verified_name Norse core deity 1 0 0 God associated with war, law, and oaths. deity
ENT_NOR_ULLR Ullr   Germanic/Norse God God of archery archery; skiing; the hunt; single combat   Norse   B candidate_verified_name Aesir god 1 0 0 The god of archery, skiing and the hunt, invoked in single combat. deity
ENT_NOR_URD Urd   Germanic/Norse Norn Norn of the past fate; what has become; the well of Urd   Norse   A candidate_verified_name The Norn of the past 0 0 0 Urd ("that which became"), eldest of the three Norns, who tends the well at Yggdrasil's root. deity
ENT_NOR_VALI Vali   Germanic/Norse God God of vengeance vengeance for Baldr   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Aesir god 0 0 0 The god born to avenge Baldr, who slew Hodr when one night old. deity
ENT_NOR_VAR Vár   Germanic/Norse Goddess Asynjur oaths; marriage vows   mythological   C candidate_verified_name Gylfaginning 35 0 0 0 A goddess who hears oaths and marriage agreements and punishes those who break them. deity
ENT_NOR_VERDANDI Verdandi   Germanic/Norse Norn Norn of the present fate; what is becoming   Norse   A candidate_verified_name The Norn of the present 0 0 0 Verdandi ("that which is becoming"), the Norn of the present. deity
ENT_NOR_VIDAR Vidar   Germanic/Norse God God of vengeance silence; vengeance; survival of Ragnarök   Norse   A candidate_verified_name Aesir god 0 0 0 The silent god of vengeance who will avenge Odin by slaying Fenrir at Ragnarök. deity

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CREATE TABLE "entities" (
   [entity_id] TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
   [canonical_name] TEXT,
   [greek_name] TEXT,
   [tradition] TEXT,
   [entity_type] TEXT,
   [category] TEXT,
   [primary_domains] TEXT,
   [tags] TEXT,
   [cult_scope] TEXT,
   [primary_period] TEXT,
   [evidence_confidence] TEXT,
   [review_status] TEXT,
   [inclusion_basis] TEXT,
   [earth_association_score] INTEGER,
   [chthonic_flag] INTEGER,
   [serpent_flag] INTEGER,
   [short_note] TEXT,
   [entity_class] TEXT REFERENCES [entity_class]([class_id])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entities_entity_class]
    ON [entities] ([entity_class]);
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